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Should I stay or should I go? Academics facing this dilemma should ask themselves 3 questions

  • Written by: Lauren Ball, Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow, Menzies Health Institute, Griffith University
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This year my partner and my brother both left academia. They are part of a nation-wide changing of the guard at most universities in Australia and many overseas.

Over 17,000 Australian university jobs disappeared in 2020, Universities Australia estimated. It predicted more to come. By May this year an estimated one in five positions in...

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